AMWG Diagnostic Plots

set 5&6 b.e21.B1850G.f19_g17.9kaControl.001_bobsandbox
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OBS data (info)

DIAG Sets 5 & 6 - Horizontal contour/vector plots of DJF, JJA and ANN means

	IPCC/CRU climatology 1961-90	DJF	JJA	ANN
TREFHT	2-meter air temperature (land)	plot	plot	plot

	HadISST/OI.v2 (Climatology) 1982-2001	DJF	JJA	ANN
SST	sea surface temperature	plot	plot	plot

	HadISST/OI.v2 (Pre-Indust) 1870-1900	DJF	JJA	ANN
SST	sea surface temperature	plot	plot	plot

	HadISST/OI.v2 (Present Day) 1999-2008	DJF	JJA	ANN
SST	sea surface temperature	plot	plot	plot

	Legates & Willmott 1920-80	DJF	JJA	ANN
PRECT *	Precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot
PRECT TROP	Tropical precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot
TREFHT *	2-meter air temperature	plot	plot	plot

	Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99	DJF	JJA	ANN
TREFHT	2-meter air temperature (land)	plot	plot	plot
PRECIP	Cumulative precipitation (land)	plot	plot	plot

	MERRA Analysis 1979-2013 (NASA)	DJF	JJA	ANN
PREH2O *	Total precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O TROP	Tropical precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PSL *	Sea-level pressure	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS *	Surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS TROP	Tropical surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
T 850 *	850 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
T 200	200 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
TS *	Surface temperature	plot	plot	plot
U 200 *	200 mb zonal wind	plot	plot	plot
Z 500	500 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot
Z 300 *	300 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot

	ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001	DJF	JJA	ANN
LHFLX *	Surface latent heat flux	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O *	Precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O TROP	Tropical precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
T 850 *	850 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
T 200	200 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
U 200 *	200 mb zonal wind	plot	plot	plot
Z 500	500 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot
Z 300 *	300 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot

	ERA-Interim Reanalysis 1989-2005	DJF	JJA	ANN
PREH2O *	Precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O TROP	Tropical precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
T 850 *	850 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
T 200	200 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
TTRP	Tropopause temperature	plot	plot	plot
U 200 *	200 mb zonal wind	plot	plot	plot
Z 500	500 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot
Z 300 *	300 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot
PRECT	Precipitation	plot	plot	plot
LHFLX	Latent heat flux	plot	plot	plot

	JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-04	DJF	JJA	ANN
PREH2O *	Total precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O TROP	Tropical precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PSL *	Sea-level pressure	plot	plot	plot
SHFLX *	Surface sensible heat flux	plot	plot	plot
LHFLX *	Surface latent heat flux	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS *	Surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS TROP *	Tropical surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
T 850 *	850 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
T 200	200 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
TREFHT	2-meter surface air temperature	plot	plot	plot
U 200 *	200 mb zonal wind	plot	plot	plot
Z 500	500 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot
Z 300 *	300 mb geopotential height	plot	plot	plot

	AIRS IR Sounder 2002-06	DJF	JJA	ANN
T 850 *	850 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot
T 200	200 mb temperature	plot	plot	plot

	ERS Scatterometer 1992-2000	DJF	JJA	ANN
SURF STRESS *	Surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS TROP	Tropical surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot

	NVAP 1988-1999	DJF	JJA	ANN
PREH2O *	Total precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O TROP	Tropical precipitable water	plot	plot	plot
TGCLDLWP	Cloud liquid water (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
TGCLDLWP TROP	Tropical cloud liquid water (ocean)	plot	plot	plot

	Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006	DJF	JJA	ANN
LHFLX	Latent Heat Flux	plot	plot	plot
QFLX	Surface Water Flux	plot	plot	plot

	GPCP 1979-2009	DJF	JJA	ANN
PRECT *	Precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot
PRECT TROP	Tropical precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot

	CMAP 1979-1998	DJF	JJA	ANN
PRECT *	Precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot
PRECT TROP	Tropical precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot

	PREC/L (CMAP) 1948-2001	DJF	JJA	ANN
PRECT_LAND	Precipitation rate (land)	plot	plot	plot

	UWisc 1988-2008	DJF	JJA	ANN
TGCLDLWP	Cloud liquid water (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
TGCLDLWP TROP	Tropical cloud liquid water (ocean)	plot	plot	plot

	SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000	DJF	JJA	ANN
PRECT *	Precipitation rate (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
PRECT TROP	Tropical precipitation rate (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O *	Precipitable water (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
PREH2O TROP	Tropical precipitable water (ocean)	plot	plot	plot

	TRMM (3B43) 1998-2009	DJF	JJA	ANN
PRECT TROP	Tropical precipitation rate	plot	plot	plot

	Large-Yeager 1984-2004	DJF	JJA	ANN
SHFLX	Surface sensible heat flux	plot	plot	plot
QFLX	Surface water flux	plot	plot	plot
FLNS	Surf Net LW flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNS	Surf Net SW flux	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS *	Surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot
SURF STRESS TROP	Tropical surface wind stress (ocean)	plot	plot	plot

	CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2013	DJF	JJA	ANN
ALBEDO	TOA albedo	plot	plot	plot
ALBEDOC	TOA clearsky albedo	plot	plot	plot
FLUT *	TOA upward LW flux	plot	plot	plot
FLUTC	TOA clearsky upward LW flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNTOA *	TOA net SW flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNTOAC	TOA clearsky net SW flux	plot	plot	plot
LWCF *	TOA longwave cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot
SWCF *	TOA shortwave cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot
SWCF TROP	Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot

	ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989	DJF	JJA	ANN
FLUT *	TOA upward longwave flux	plot	plot	plot
FLUTC	TOA clearsky upward longwave flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNTOA *	TOA net shortwave flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNTOAC	TOA clearsky net shortwave flux	plot	plot	plot
LWCF *	TOA longwave cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot
SWCF *	TOA shortwave cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot
SWCF TROP	Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot

	ISCCP FD Jul1983-Dec2000	DJF	JJA	ANN
FLDS	Surf LW downwelling flux	plot	plot	plot
FLDSC	Clearsky Surf LW downwelling flux	plot	plot	plot
FSDS	Surf SW downwelling flux	plot	plot	plot
FSDSC	Clearsky Surf SW downwelling flux	plot	plot	plot
FLNS	Surf Net LW flux	plot	plot	plot
FLNSC	Clearsky Surf Net LW flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNS	Surf Net SW flux	plot	plot	plot
FSNSC	Clearsky Surf Net SW flux	plot	plot	plot
LWCFSRF	Surf LW cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot
SWCFSRF	Surf SW cloud forcing	plot	plot	plot

	ISCCP D2 1983-2001	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDHGH (IR clouds)	High cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH (VIS/IR/NIR clouds)	High cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW (IR clouds)	Low cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW (VIS/IR/NIR clouds)	Low cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED (IR clouds)	Mid cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED (VIS/IR/NIR clouds)	Mid cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDTOT (IR clouds) *	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDTOT (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) *	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot

	ISCCP D1 Daytime Jul1983-Sep2001	DJF	JJA	ANN
MEANPTOP	Mean cloud top pressure	plot	plot	plot
MEANTTOP	Mean cloud top temperature	plot	plot	plot
MEANTAU	Mean cloud optical thickness	plot	plot	plot
TCLDAREA	Total cloud area	plot	plot	plot

	Warren Cloud Surface OBS	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDLOW	Low cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDTOT *	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot

	CLOUDSAT (Radar+Lidar) Sep2006-Dec2010	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT *	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW	Low cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED	Medium cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH	High cloud amount	plot	plot	plot

	CFMIP Observation Simulator Package (COSP) Primary Diagnostics

	CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_CAL	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW_CAL	Low-level cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED_CAL	Mid-level cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH_CAL	High-level cloud amount	plot	plot	plot

	ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP	Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP	Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0)	plot	plot	plot

	MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_MISR	Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDTHICK_MISR	Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0)	plot	plot	plot

	MODIS-COSP 2003-2010	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_MODIS	Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDTHICK_MODIS	Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0)	plot	plot	plot

	Additional COSP Diagnostics

	CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_CAL	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW_CAL	Low-level cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED_CAL	Mid-level cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH_CAL	High-level cloud amount	plot	plot	plot

	CLOUDSAT-COSP From Level 2 GEOPROF Jun2006-Nov2010	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_CS2	Total cloud amount	plot	plot	plot

	ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP	Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW_ISCCPCOSP	Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED_ISCCPCOSP	Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH_ISCCPCOSP	High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP	Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0)	plot	plot	plot
MEANPTOP_ISCCPCOSP	Mean cloud top pressure	plot	plot	plot
MEANCLDALB_ISCCPCOSP	Mean cloud albedo	plot	plot	plot

	MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_MISR	Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW_MISR	Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED_MISR	Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH_MISR	High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDTHICK_MISR	Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0)	plot	plot	plot

	MODIS-COSP 2003-2010	DJF	JJA	ANN
CLDTOT_MODIS	Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDLOW_MODIS	Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDMED_MODIS	Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDHGH_MODIS	High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3)	plot	plot	plot
CLDTHICK_MODIS	Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0)	plot	plot	plot
CLIMODIS	Total ice cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
CLWMODIS	Total liquid cloud amount	plot	plot	plot
IWPMODIS	Mean ice water path	plot	plot	plot
LWPMODIS	Mean liquid water path	plot	plot	plot
PCTMODIS	Mean cloud top pressure	plot	plot	plot
REFFCLIMODIS	Mean effective radius (ice clouds)	plot	plot	plot
REFFCLWMODIS	Mean effective radius (liquid clouds)	plot	plot	plot
TAUILOGMODIS	Log-weighted mean optical thickness (ice clouds)	plot	plot	plot
TAUWLOGMODIS	Log-weighted mean optical thickness (liquid clouds)	plot	plot	plot
TAUTLOGMODIS	Log-weighted mean optical thickness (all clouds)	plot	plot	plot
TAUIMODIS	Mean optical thickness (ice clouds)	plot	plot	plot
TAUWMODIS	Mean optical thickness (liquid clouds)	plot	plot	plot
TAUTMODIS	Mean optical thickness (all clouds)	plot	plot	plot

^*WGNE diagnostic variable